Well, it happened, just like we predicted! Brielle took her first steps on Friday, November 22nd, at night right before she went to bed. We had just gotten back from a shopping trip to Ikea and Mike was in the bedroom with all 3 kids, getting them into their pajamas. Brielle was at the foot of the bed, enticed by a Lego, and she took about 3 steps! I pulled her over to the other side of the bed where she took a few more steps. We then put her in the living room to try to catch the steps in action, and we did! She took about 5 steps to Mike on the couch! Liam was there and was so excited and happy for her. She was SO proud of herself.
Today, a week later, she is really growing in confidence day by day. Today, she was walking all OVER the place at Lolo and Lola's house. She can now go a good 20 to 30 feet at a time. It's very cute to see her up and about, little person that she is.
She also said her first real word, other than mama or dada. On Thursday, November 21st, she said "Go." She of course is not yet using it with reason or purpose, but she said it several times and it was really cute to hear.
She's growing up so fast!
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Friday, November 15, 2013
Thankful
We've been reading some Thanksgiving books and I've been trying to teach Eli what it means to be thankful. Last night, right before he went to bed, Eli told me "Mommy, we have a lot to be thankful for. Cocoa, plates, cups, straws, animals, the farm, the museum, dinosaurs and ice cream."
Yesterday, he also started listing off things that God made and that God loves. They were: horses, cows, legos, markers, motorcycles, people, rabbits, backpacks, choo choo trains, froggies and folders.
Gotta love that kid.
He's HUGE into Lions right now, thanks to the Lion tribe in Lego Chima. A lot of the time, he wants me to call him Eli Lion. I'm Mommy Lion. Liam and Daddy are wolves... Liam Wolf and Daddy Wolf. Then there's Brielle Camel and Grandma Camel.
His favorite things to watch on Netflix (he gets three choices every day) these days are Mickey's House of Villians and a Mickey Christmas special with a bunch of animated Christmas shows. I vowed I wasn't going to let him watch Christmas stuff til after Thanksgiving, but eh.
We are HUGE into Legos right now in this house. With the Duplos, Eli is constantly building robots, airplanes, vehicles for Leonidas (his favorite Lion). We got him his very first little lego set, a little race car...and after the 3rd try (with help on the first three), he can now build it (following the directions and everything) all by himself. He has a hard time getting the pieces apart, but does a really great job following the directions and putting them together.
Every day, we go through about 25 pieces of paper a day, cause he is still big into drawing. This week, he is big into drawing Lions, turkeys and turkey like things. He likes to label all of his pictures now and always asks me to spell out words. He's getting much quicker with his writing, though he still doesn't get the spacing (if he runs out of room for a word, the letters go all over the place). He has a few words memorized... Lion, Mommy, Happy.
Yesterday, he wrote a letter to Santa. It said: Dear Santa Claus. Can I have a lion lego named Leonidas? We addressed the envelope to Santa, North Pole. He put Eli in the return address and drew a little picture of Leonidas.
I had my first ever parent teacher conference yesterday with his teacher, Ms. McAlister. Eli is doing very well academically and she said his literacy skills are very advanced. She said he's a very good auditory learner which will mean he should be very good at music when he's older. She graded him the highest possible in a lot of the academic categories. He has a hard time sitting still (shocker) especially at breakfast time (again..shocker) and I explained that he has a hard time at home as well. I told her that if he's drawing or reading, however, he can sit still for an hour and be totally focused. She realized that when he's in the writing or drawing centers that yes, he is able to sit still. She gave me some tips on trying to get him to contain his energy until he gets outside.
Busy november!
Yesterday, he also started listing off things that God made and that God loves. They were: horses, cows, legos, markers, motorcycles, people, rabbits, backpacks, choo choo trains, froggies and folders.
Gotta love that kid.
He's HUGE into Lions right now, thanks to the Lion tribe in Lego Chima. A lot of the time, he wants me to call him Eli Lion. I'm Mommy Lion. Liam and Daddy are wolves... Liam Wolf and Daddy Wolf. Then there's Brielle Camel and Grandma Camel.
His favorite things to watch on Netflix (he gets three choices every day) these days are Mickey's House of Villians and a Mickey Christmas special with a bunch of animated Christmas shows. I vowed I wasn't going to let him watch Christmas stuff til after Thanksgiving, but eh.
We are HUGE into Legos right now in this house. With the Duplos, Eli is constantly building robots, airplanes, vehicles for Leonidas (his favorite Lion). We got him his very first little lego set, a little race car...and after the 3rd try (with help on the first three), he can now build it (following the directions and everything) all by himself. He has a hard time getting the pieces apart, but does a really great job following the directions and putting them together.
Every day, we go through about 25 pieces of paper a day, cause he is still big into drawing. This week, he is big into drawing Lions, turkeys and turkey like things. He likes to label all of his pictures now and always asks me to spell out words. He's getting much quicker with his writing, though he still doesn't get the spacing (if he runs out of room for a word, the letters go all over the place). He has a few words memorized... Lion, Mommy, Happy.
Yesterday, he wrote a letter to Santa. It said: Dear Santa Claus. Can I have a lion lego named Leonidas? We addressed the envelope to Santa, North Pole. He put Eli in the return address and drew a little picture of Leonidas.
I had my first ever parent teacher conference yesterday with his teacher, Ms. McAlister. Eli is doing very well academically and she said his literacy skills are very advanced. She said he's a very good auditory learner which will mean he should be very good at music when he's older. She graded him the highest possible in a lot of the academic categories. He has a hard time sitting still (shocker) especially at breakfast time (again..shocker) and I explained that he has a hard time at home as well. I told her that if he's drawing or reading, however, he can sit still for an hour and be totally focused. She realized that when he's in the writing or drawing centers that yes, he is able to sit still. She gave me some tips on trying to get him to contain his energy until he gets outside.
Busy november!
Brielle is 9 months old!
Dear Brielle,
On Monday, you turned 9 months old. I was thinking you might take your first steps when you were 8 months old, and although you were close, you didn't quite make it! You love walking around holding on to my hands (and can even do it with one hand), love walking around pushing the little bike/your high chair/the train box, etc so I have a feeling that any day now you'll be brave enough to do it alone! Hopefully both Daddy and I will be there to see it when it happens.
You're down to 3-4 bottles, 7-8oz, a day. Sometimes I feed you three meals, but most of the time it's still just two. You love eating your puffs and cheerios and today ate some black beans. You weren't too keen on the avocado I gave you last night and still love your yogurt. You used to love veggies but are now getting a little wary of them...though you still really like carrots!
You are still in size 3 diapers, but to be honest, that's mainly cause we have so many. We have about 2 big boxes to go and then we'll up you to 4s. Your brothers were in threes sooo much longer...your little chubby legs are going to prevent that!
I can still squeeze you into 6 month sleepers, but for the most part, you are in 9-12 month clothes.
You are a pretty confident little stander and as of this week can even stand up completely by yourself without a prop to boost yourself up. You can also squat way down and pick something up and stand up again. You walk all along the furniture and as I mentioned before are constantly pushing objects around and walking. One of your most favorite things to do is come up behind me when I'm in the kitchen and hold onto my pants. You love walking around with me, holding onto my pants.
Other favorite things: Jumping on the couch (you did this yesterday and were having the time of your life), banging your head on couch cushions (when your brothers put them on the floor) over and over, pulling out wipes from the wipe container, playing with our brothers' action figures and legos, hightailing it into the bathroom whenever Eli goes in there to get to your most FAVORITE thing ever...the toilet brush. You also like dancing, ESPECIALLY moving your head from side to side as fast as you can. You bang heads with Mommy at least 10 times a day doing this and while it hurts mommy, it brings you great joy. You learned how to clap last week and like doing that a lot. You will copy us if we start clapping.
This week, you've taken an interest in TV. Before, you couldn't really be bothered, but now you stop to watch.
You're still a big talker and love chatting with us. You have the cutest little voice. You consistently say DADADA though it's not in reference to Daddy yet. You like watching my mouth when I sing the ABCs to you.
We have a new nap routine. When it's time for you to lay down, I take you into the bedroom and sing Twinkle Twinkle to you. You always stop whatever you're doing and rest your head on my chest when I sing. It's very sweet. You still sleep through the night with no problems and usually awake when Liam barges out into the living room in the morning. You're still taking 2 naps a day, though the times this week were pretty strange.
You love smiling at people and will generally smile at anyone. You are the smiliest, happiest little baby. You LOVE laughing and always laugh at your brothers. Eli loves tickling you and has started picking you up and carrying you around. This can be scary for Mommy, especially in instances like yesterday when I caught him trying to put you on the motorcycle. Liam likes calling you "Brielly!" and likes to give you kisses. He also doesn't quite understand that it's not ok to push you down, something he does a lot of if you are playing with "his" toys. You really don't like being held by people you don't know well and throw a little fit.
We have your 9 month doc appointment in 2 weeks, so we'll find out your height and weight and all that good stuff then. Can't wait to see if you start walking before then! If I had to guess, I'd say it's going to happen in the next couple of days!
On Monday, you turned 9 months old. I was thinking you might take your first steps when you were 8 months old, and although you were close, you didn't quite make it! You love walking around holding on to my hands (and can even do it with one hand), love walking around pushing the little bike/your high chair/the train box, etc so I have a feeling that any day now you'll be brave enough to do it alone! Hopefully both Daddy and I will be there to see it when it happens.
You're down to 3-4 bottles, 7-8oz, a day. Sometimes I feed you three meals, but most of the time it's still just two. You love eating your puffs and cheerios and today ate some black beans. You weren't too keen on the avocado I gave you last night and still love your yogurt. You used to love veggies but are now getting a little wary of them...though you still really like carrots!
You are still in size 3 diapers, but to be honest, that's mainly cause we have so many. We have about 2 big boxes to go and then we'll up you to 4s. Your brothers were in threes sooo much longer...your little chubby legs are going to prevent that!
I can still squeeze you into 6 month sleepers, but for the most part, you are in 9-12 month clothes.
You are a pretty confident little stander and as of this week can even stand up completely by yourself without a prop to boost yourself up. You can also squat way down and pick something up and stand up again. You walk all along the furniture and as I mentioned before are constantly pushing objects around and walking. One of your most favorite things to do is come up behind me when I'm in the kitchen and hold onto my pants. You love walking around with me, holding onto my pants.
Other favorite things: Jumping on the couch (you did this yesterday and were having the time of your life), banging your head on couch cushions (when your brothers put them on the floor) over and over, pulling out wipes from the wipe container, playing with our brothers' action figures and legos, hightailing it into the bathroom whenever Eli goes in there to get to your most FAVORITE thing ever...the toilet brush. You also like dancing, ESPECIALLY moving your head from side to side as fast as you can. You bang heads with Mommy at least 10 times a day doing this and while it hurts mommy, it brings you great joy. You learned how to clap last week and like doing that a lot. You will copy us if we start clapping.
This week, you've taken an interest in TV. Before, you couldn't really be bothered, but now you stop to watch.
You're still a big talker and love chatting with us. You have the cutest little voice. You consistently say DADADA though it's not in reference to Daddy yet. You like watching my mouth when I sing the ABCs to you.
We have a new nap routine. When it's time for you to lay down, I take you into the bedroom and sing Twinkle Twinkle to you. You always stop whatever you're doing and rest your head on my chest when I sing. It's very sweet. You still sleep through the night with no problems and usually awake when Liam barges out into the living room in the morning. You're still taking 2 naps a day, though the times this week were pretty strange.
You love smiling at people and will generally smile at anyone. You are the smiliest, happiest little baby. You LOVE laughing and always laugh at your brothers. Eli loves tickling you and has started picking you up and carrying you around. This can be scary for Mommy, especially in instances like yesterday when I caught him trying to put you on the motorcycle. Liam likes calling you "Brielly!" and likes to give you kisses. He also doesn't quite understand that it's not ok to push you down, something he does a lot of if you are playing with "his" toys. You really don't like being held by people you don't know well and throw a little fit.
We have your 9 month doc appointment in 2 weeks, so we'll find out your height and weight and all that good stuff then. Can't wait to see if you start walking before then! If I had to guess, I'd say it's going to happen in the next couple of days!
Friday, November 8, 2013
Eli's favorite things in October/November
A list of some of Eli's favorite things now:
-Berenstain Bear books (YAY!!! I love them, too!!!)
-The Wild Kratts on TV
-Riding his scooter
-making Brielle laugh
-picking out his own outfits (which normally include shorts and short sleeves, even though it's November)
-spending 50 hours in the bathroom
-"cleaning" the bathroom by squirting soap all over the place
-wearing gloves when it's time to go out, but fighting me every day on the hat. he wants to wear a hat...just never the same one.
-drawing, drawing, drawing. He likes drawing pictures of animals and vehicles and dinosaurs.
-Lego Chima stuff. I want to get him little legos for Christmas, but don't think I can until he has his own room.
-fighting/hitting/poking/kicking/jumping on/pushing/spitting on Liam.
-Berenstain Bear books (YAY!!! I love them, too!!!)
-The Wild Kratts on TV
-Riding his scooter
-making Brielle laugh
-picking out his own outfits (which normally include shorts and short sleeves, even though it's November)
-spending 50 hours in the bathroom
-"cleaning" the bathroom by squirting soap all over the place
-wearing gloves when it's time to go out, but fighting me every day on the hat. he wants to wear a hat...just never the same one.
-drawing, drawing, drawing. He likes drawing pictures of animals and vehicles and dinosaurs.
-Lego Chima stuff. I want to get him little legos for Christmas, but don't think I can until he has his own room.
-fighting/hitting/poking/kicking/jumping on/pushing/spitting on Liam.
Liam at 2 years, 8 months
Wow... Liam's already 2 and a half and I totally missed that. Lol... or maybe I just forgot. I told someone in the park two days ago that he's not quite 2 and a half... oops. He's PAST 2 and a half.
Anywho.... What Liam's up to these days:
-It's very cute watching his speech develop. He's grasping the concept of sentences but isn't always there yet. For example... he likes to ask "Daddy go?" instead of "Where did Daddy go?" Just now, he said "Are you?" instead of "Where are you?" His favorite things to say these days are "Oh yeah?" and "Now what?" He says oh yeah after you tell him anything. For example... "Daddy go, mommy?" me: "Daddy's at work." L: "Oh yeah?" It's very cute.
He's VERY into darth vader and light sabers right now and makes everything (legos especially) into light sabers. Today, when we were upacking the groceries (his favorite thing to do...he's always been my little unpacking helper), he found a bunch of leeks and said "SWORDS, MOMMY!!!" Ha.
He's gotten very rough with Brielle lately, and I think it's cause she's been standing a lot and doesn't look as much like a little baby. He pushes her over a lot, puts cushions on her head, takes toys away from her and tries to stand on her. He especially likes runing over her with his bike or scooter. Sigh. And so it begins. Things that Eli does to her, he now tries to do to Brielle. Birth order.
He likes sharing foods with me, especially yogurt with granola ("share mommy wogurt?") and chips and salsa. I love that he likes chips and salsa. If I make a bagel for myself, he has half, and he loves it when there is cottage cheese on there.
He LOVES our neighbor, Traci. He loves going to her apartment (she has a one year old with fun toys!) and seeing her. She just came up to drop something off and he wanted so badly to follow her that he climbed up and unlocked both locks on our door. Sigh.
He loves hitting and kicking Eli.
It's not a good day for Liam unless all of the cushions are off of the couch.
Thank goodness he lets me dress him in anything I want to dress him in. No complaints about pants or socks or anything. I'm enjoying this while it lasts.
He LOVES his baths and loves "Swimming" in the tub.
He likes to just watch the theme songs on shows and then asks me to change it. He especially likes the theme song for Eloise.
He gets upset when he sees/hears anyone crying or looking sad. He always points and says "Mama!" as in "he needs his mama." When he himself is crying, however, he always asks for "Grandma!!!"
He is still addicted to applesauce and stickers and I think he always will be. :)
I have completely given up trying to put him down for a nap, but most days he gets VERY cranky around 2pm and 75% of the time, he'll go lay down on the couch and fall asleep. Sometimes he will knock out in the stroller if we go out in the late afternoon.
He LOVES Elephant and Piggie books. He, who is virtually inacapable of sitting still for more than 10 seconds, will gladly sit down when we're reading those. He laughs and laughs and even knows a lot of the words.
He's started to try to sing songs and this week has started singing everyone Happy Birthday. His version goes a little like "Birday to youuuuuuu. Birday to youuuuuuu!" He also likes trying to sing Three Blind Mice.
He LOVES Batman. When he plays with his guys, it's usually with Batman or a batman villain.
He still very much enjoys dumping out all of his toys. He likes to play with them for 2-3 minutes and then comes over and demands that I get something else out of the closet. I always tell him that if he wants his legos, he has to clean up his train tracks. His response? "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" /begin screaming fit.
He likes to color on things.... the table, the floor, etc. He's dangerous. He also does not like to put marker caps back on. Eli likes to draw ALL the time and Liam always wants to do what Eli is doing, so this makes it quite challenging for me at times. Yesterday, we painted, and like he always does, he painted his arm and belly. He was then delighted to get a bath in the morning.
He's always sat in his chair slightly away from the table since his seat has it's own little table. We moved him to the big table last week. The jury's still out on that decision. He very much enjoys throwing food at Eli. Eli very much enjoys encouraging this.
He looks ADORABLE in his little red hat. Now that the weather is colder, we've been putting it on when we go out. He wears it about 75% of the time. It's only a matter of time before we lose it, because when he's done, he's DONE...he rips it off and throws it.
A super cute thing... sometimes, if he does something very bad (spills food on the floor on purpose, etc...), I'll say to him "NOT COOL, Liam!" to which he always replies, with an adorable little smile "Not cool, mommy, not cool!" Lol.
He likes to walk around with boxes on his head. He thinks he's a robot when he does that and walks around saying "Wobot. Wobot."
He does not at all get the concept of Time Out and I literally have to hold him in the corner for whatever time I want him to stay there.
As I'm typing this, this is what he did... carried a box over, set up Batman and a couple of bad guys, covered them with my coat and knocked them over. The conversation went as follows "Oh no! Oh no! Poke EYES! Hide! Nooo." Lol. He still loves saying "poke eyes."
His favorite thing to do, and totally connected to dumping things out, is making traps for things. When he's dumping out a box, it's usually to cover up whatever item (which, sadly, sometimes is Brielle) he wants to "trap."
He always keeps it interesting around here, thats for sure!
Anywho.... What Liam's up to these days:
-It's very cute watching his speech develop. He's grasping the concept of sentences but isn't always there yet. For example... he likes to ask "Daddy go?" instead of "Where did Daddy go?" Just now, he said "Are you?" instead of "Where are you?" His favorite things to say these days are "Oh yeah?" and "Now what?" He says oh yeah after you tell him anything. For example... "Daddy go, mommy?" me: "Daddy's at work." L: "Oh yeah?" It's very cute.
He's VERY into darth vader and light sabers right now and makes everything (legos especially) into light sabers. Today, when we were upacking the groceries (his favorite thing to do...he's always been my little unpacking helper), he found a bunch of leeks and said "SWORDS, MOMMY!!!" Ha.
He's gotten very rough with Brielle lately, and I think it's cause she's been standing a lot and doesn't look as much like a little baby. He pushes her over a lot, puts cushions on her head, takes toys away from her and tries to stand on her. He especially likes runing over her with his bike or scooter. Sigh. And so it begins. Things that Eli does to her, he now tries to do to Brielle. Birth order.
He likes sharing foods with me, especially yogurt with granola ("share mommy wogurt?") and chips and salsa. I love that he likes chips and salsa. If I make a bagel for myself, he has half, and he loves it when there is cottage cheese on there.
He LOVES our neighbor, Traci. He loves going to her apartment (she has a one year old with fun toys!) and seeing her. She just came up to drop something off and he wanted so badly to follow her that he climbed up and unlocked both locks on our door. Sigh.
He loves hitting and kicking Eli.
It's not a good day for Liam unless all of the cushions are off of the couch.
Thank goodness he lets me dress him in anything I want to dress him in. No complaints about pants or socks or anything. I'm enjoying this while it lasts.
He LOVES his baths and loves "Swimming" in the tub.
He likes to just watch the theme songs on shows and then asks me to change it. He especially likes the theme song for Eloise.
He gets upset when he sees/hears anyone crying or looking sad. He always points and says "Mama!" as in "he needs his mama." When he himself is crying, however, he always asks for "Grandma!!!"
He is still addicted to applesauce and stickers and I think he always will be. :)
I have completely given up trying to put him down for a nap, but most days he gets VERY cranky around 2pm and 75% of the time, he'll go lay down on the couch and fall asleep. Sometimes he will knock out in the stroller if we go out in the late afternoon.
He LOVES Elephant and Piggie books. He, who is virtually inacapable of sitting still for more than 10 seconds, will gladly sit down when we're reading those. He laughs and laughs and even knows a lot of the words.
He's started to try to sing songs and this week has started singing everyone Happy Birthday. His version goes a little like "Birday to youuuuuuu. Birday to youuuuuuu!" He also likes trying to sing Three Blind Mice.
He LOVES Batman. When he plays with his guys, it's usually with Batman or a batman villain.
He still very much enjoys dumping out all of his toys. He likes to play with them for 2-3 minutes and then comes over and demands that I get something else out of the closet. I always tell him that if he wants his legos, he has to clean up his train tracks. His response? "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" /begin screaming fit.
He likes to color on things.... the table, the floor, etc. He's dangerous. He also does not like to put marker caps back on. Eli likes to draw ALL the time and Liam always wants to do what Eli is doing, so this makes it quite challenging for me at times. Yesterday, we painted, and like he always does, he painted his arm and belly. He was then delighted to get a bath in the morning.
He's always sat in his chair slightly away from the table since his seat has it's own little table. We moved him to the big table last week. The jury's still out on that decision. He very much enjoys throwing food at Eli. Eli very much enjoys encouraging this.
He looks ADORABLE in his little red hat. Now that the weather is colder, we've been putting it on when we go out. He wears it about 75% of the time. It's only a matter of time before we lose it, because when he's done, he's DONE...he rips it off and throws it.
A super cute thing... sometimes, if he does something very bad (spills food on the floor on purpose, etc...), I'll say to him "NOT COOL, Liam!" to which he always replies, with an adorable little smile "Not cool, mommy, not cool!" Lol.
He likes to walk around with boxes on his head. He thinks he's a robot when he does that and walks around saying "Wobot. Wobot."
He does not at all get the concept of Time Out and I literally have to hold him in the corner for whatever time I want him to stay there.
As I'm typing this, this is what he did... carried a box over, set up Batman and a couple of bad guys, covered them with my coat and knocked them over. The conversation went as follows "Oh no! Oh no! Poke EYES! Hide! Nooo." Lol. He still loves saying "poke eyes."
His favorite thing to do, and totally connected to dumping things out, is making traps for things. When he's dumping out a box, it's usually to cover up whatever item (which, sadly, sometimes is Brielle) he wants to "trap."
He always keeps it interesting around here, thats for sure!
Friday, October 11, 2013
Brielle standing alone
I wanted to write this before I forgot...
This week, Brielle stood on 4 different occasions all by herself without holding onto anything. Two times for 6 seconds, one time for 7 and one time for 8. She LOVES holding onto your fingers and "walking" across the room, but her legs are definitely quite wobbly and unsteady. She's getting to be a much more confident walker, but I think it will be awhile before she walks on her own. (hopefully!)
This week, Brielle stood on 4 different occasions all by herself without holding onto anything. Two times for 6 seconds, one time for 7 and one time for 8. She LOVES holding onto your fingers and "walking" across the room, but her legs are definitely quite wobbly and unsteady. She's getting to be a much more confident walker, but I think it will be awhile before she walks on her own. (hopefully!)
Brielle is 8 months old!
Today, Brielle is 8 months old! Brielle, you continue to be an absolute joy and constant blessing to have around. We love you! Here's what you are into at 8 months:
-You're still in size 3 diapers. Clothes-wise, you wear anywhere between 6 (a stretch!) and 12 months. 12 month pants seem to fit you fine. I put a pair of shoes on you today for our outing to the playground and you were not a fan.
-Your hair is growing SO fast. Your bangs totally cover your eyes and it's hard to keep them out of your face. You have a lot of hair, but it's really fine, so it's hard to put up. We usually put it in a ponytail on top of your head or two pigtails on top of your head. Daddy got a headband to work the other day, and I got a headband to work for about 5 minutes on Monday.
-You LOVE squealing at the top of your lungs and are very loud when you do that! You've started saying DADADADA and today I also heard MAMAMAMA. You are not connecting the sounds to us, but I've at least heard you say both.
-It's very easy to make you smile... I just have to look at you and smile! Happiest baby ever!
-You eat solid food for breakfast and dinner and today I also fed you at lunch time. You really like trying to fit your thumb in your mouth in the middle of when we're feeding you, so we often have to hold your right hand. Yesterday, you were doing that when I was feeding you a bottle, too. You like most foods we give you. I finally found time to start making you a bunch of food this week and found that you really liked the squash/carrot/parsnip food I made you! Today, you surprised me by liking the green bean/squash/apple/pear combo. You also enjoyed pumpkin for the first time tonight. You definitely love your yogurt. You're not too keen on finger foods yet. We've tried peas, cheerios, pasta and puffs and you don't really like any of them.
-You are a crawling maniac! You can make it places so quickly if you want to. Your favorite places to hightail it to are the bathroom when you hear Eli go in there (you like going over to the bathtub to stand up) and the fridge when you hear me open it. You also really like hanging out by the stove, by the front door (there is a wire there you like trying to get and there is the ever elusive kitty litter box you love), under the TV (bunch of wires), by the bookshelf (you like taking them off, one by one), behind the couch (where your brothers often play) and in front of mommy's closet (always something to get into).
-Your favorite toys continue to be matchbox cars and trains. Your brothers have a little plastic ball you love chasing after. You love chewing on Sophie, though you don't put as many toys into your mouth as your brothers did at this age. You like standing at your music table and in the last few days, you've really been interested in your stacking cups. You like to try to grab books that I'm reading to your brothers.
-You love going to the playground. You LOVE the sandbox. You could (and do) spend hours in there... crawling around, standing up at the edges, looking for leaves, smiling at other babies, doing faceplants. You love standing up at the playground, holding on to bars. You can go up single steps on the playground structures. You like the slide but aren't crazy about it. You used to not be so sure of the swings, but now you love them and laugh and laugh when I push you, especially if I kiss you (or air kiss you) every time you come close to me. You LOVE looking for leaves at the playground and love crumbling them, putting them in your mouth and licking them. You aren't too happy when I take them away from you and are always in search of another leaf. You have many admirers when we hit the playgrounds.
-Your brothers ADORE you and now fight over who gets to hold/play with you more. If one of them is over playing with you, the other one will come over and put up a fight, saying it's HIS turn to play with you. They both really enjoy picking you up and putting you in their lap, over their bellies, etc, and you are such a great sport that you never complain, even if they are dragging you across the floor by a leg.
-You take two naps a day. Your first nap is anywhere from 45 min to 90 minutes and this week, I had to wake you up twice so that we could go pick up Eli from school. Your second nap has been longer this week... usually in the 2 hour range. You're still an excellent sleeper at night and never wake up. You're a very light sleeper in the morning and usually are awoken by daddy and/or your brothers between 6 and 6:30.
-You love when you get to "walk" around... when I hold onto your fingers and lead you around. You are very unsteady on your feet. You are an excellent stander, though, and even stood on your own for 5 seconds or so a few times this past week!
-You love when Daddy comes home from work and immediately start crawling over to him/squealing and laughing when you see him. It's very cute.
8 months!!!
-You're still in size 3 diapers. Clothes-wise, you wear anywhere between 6 (a stretch!) and 12 months. 12 month pants seem to fit you fine. I put a pair of shoes on you today for our outing to the playground and you were not a fan.
-Your hair is growing SO fast. Your bangs totally cover your eyes and it's hard to keep them out of your face. You have a lot of hair, but it's really fine, so it's hard to put up. We usually put it in a ponytail on top of your head or two pigtails on top of your head. Daddy got a headband to work the other day, and I got a headband to work for about 5 minutes on Monday.
-You LOVE squealing at the top of your lungs and are very loud when you do that! You've started saying DADADADA and today I also heard MAMAMAMA. You are not connecting the sounds to us, but I've at least heard you say both.
-It's very easy to make you smile... I just have to look at you and smile! Happiest baby ever!
-You eat solid food for breakfast and dinner and today I also fed you at lunch time. You really like trying to fit your thumb in your mouth in the middle of when we're feeding you, so we often have to hold your right hand. Yesterday, you were doing that when I was feeding you a bottle, too. You like most foods we give you. I finally found time to start making you a bunch of food this week and found that you really liked the squash/carrot/parsnip food I made you! Today, you surprised me by liking the green bean/squash/apple/pear combo. You also enjoyed pumpkin for the first time tonight. You definitely love your yogurt. You're not too keen on finger foods yet. We've tried peas, cheerios, pasta and puffs and you don't really like any of them.
-You are a crawling maniac! You can make it places so quickly if you want to. Your favorite places to hightail it to are the bathroom when you hear Eli go in there (you like going over to the bathtub to stand up) and the fridge when you hear me open it. You also really like hanging out by the stove, by the front door (there is a wire there you like trying to get and there is the ever elusive kitty litter box you love), under the TV (bunch of wires), by the bookshelf (you like taking them off, one by one), behind the couch (where your brothers often play) and in front of mommy's closet (always something to get into).
-Your favorite toys continue to be matchbox cars and trains. Your brothers have a little plastic ball you love chasing after. You love chewing on Sophie, though you don't put as many toys into your mouth as your brothers did at this age. You like standing at your music table and in the last few days, you've really been interested in your stacking cups. You like to try to grab books that I'm reading to your brothers.
-You love going to the playground. You LOVE the sandbox. You could (and do) spend hours in there... crawling around, standing up at the edges, looking for leaves, smiling at other babies, doing faceplants. You love standing up at the playground, holding on to bars. You can go up single steps on the playground structures. You like the slide but aren't crazy about it. You used to not be so sure of the swings, but now you love them and laugh and laugh when I push you, especially if I kiss you (or air kiss you) every time you come close to me. You LOVE looking for leaves at the playground and love crumbling them, putting them in your mouth and licking them. You aren't too happy when I take them away from you and are always in search of another leaf. You have many admirers when we hit the playgrounds.
-Your brothers ADORE you and now fight over who gets to hold/play with you more. If one of them is over playing with you, the other one will come over and put up a fight, saying it's HIS turn to play with you. They both really enjoy picking you up and putting you in their lap, over their bellies, etc, and you are such a great sport that you never complain, even if they are dragging you across the floor by a leg.
-You take two naps a day. Your first nap is anywhere from 45 min to 90 minutes and this week, I had to wake you up twice so that we could go pick up Eli from school. Your second nap has been longer this week... usually in the 2 hour range. You're still an excellent sleeper at night and never wake up. You're a very light sleeper in the morning and usually are awoken by daddy and/or your brothers between 6 and 6:30.
-You love when you get to "walk" around... when I hold onto your fingers and lead you around. You are very unsteady on your feet. You are an excellent stander, though, and even stood on your own for 5 seconds or so a few times this past week!
-You love when Daddy comes home from work and immediately start crawling over to him/squealing and laughing when you see him. It's very cute.
8 months!!!
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